As a deity name
Name 485 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 121 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
जगदीश · noun · masculine
परमेश्वर · विष्णु · जगन्नाथ — Śabdasāgara
जगदीश · jagad-īś · s.m.
= S جگدنبا जगदम्बा jagad-ambā, s.f. See s.v. jagat — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 384
जगदीश · masculine
a male given name, Jagdish, from Sanskrit
जगदीश · masculine
god
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जगदीश — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit जगदीश (jagadīśa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jagad—īśa m. ‘world-lord’, Brahmā, BrahmaP. iii, 1, 6
Viṣṇu, Gīt. i, 5 ff.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘world-lord’, Brahmā
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Dictionary citations
jagad—īśa m. ‘world-lord’, Brahmā, BrahmaP. iii, 1, 6
Viṣṇu, Gīt. i, 5 ff.
Śiva
N. of a man, Kṣitīś. iv, 8
of a scholiast (author of Anumāna-dīdhiti-ṭippanī)
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